Karl Moore's Visual Basic .NET: The Tutorials (Paperback)

~ Karl Moore (Author)
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"As the title implies, the material is presented as a series of eight tutorials. … There are plenty of illustrative screen shots, suitably scaled and never far from the text that refers to them. … A large volume of source code for examples in the book is available from the publisher’s website … freely available. … It is an excellent book whether for a beginner starting on the latest version of Visual Basic, or someone who wants to update to the .NET version." (Philip Ballinger, Computer Bulletin – online, March, 2003)

Product Description

<p> Most programming books are about as exciting as Bill Gates' left ear. But with this latest eye-opening release, technology author Karl Moore shows it doesn't have to be quite so dull and uninspiring. Split into eight dynamic parts, Moore's book covers every key area of real-life computer development&emdash;and promises to turn even newbie programmers into VB .NET wizards, quicker than anyone else. It's a perfect tutorial guide for those learning VB .NET from scratch or moving from VB6. </p> <p> <i>Karl Moore's Visual Basic .NET: The Tutorials</i> consists of a number of key tutorials, each dealing with a specific, "real-life" area of programming. The tutorials are broken down into easily digestible 10-page installments, with an accompanying FAQ and review sheet at the close. Numerous "top tips" are also distributed throughout the texts to aid understanding. </p>

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Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1st ed. 2002. Corr. 2nd printing edition (April 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159059021X
• ISBN-13: 978-1590590218
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,070,866 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, amazing author!!, May 16, 2002

By	"pete_jones" (New York City) - See all my reviews

I'm not easily convinced when it comes to technical books, but this is real cream of the crop. I only bought one copy for a new team member in the beginning, but have since ordered eleven - one for each of our NY-based dev team.

The author has this amazing ability to describe some really complicated concepts in way that just anyone can understand. And it's isn't all beginner "learn to show a message box" stuff - I've been using VB for years yet by the end of the first tutorial, I'd already learned lots. It don't matter who you are, you can pick it up with this book.

Karl writes in a way that is intrinsically interesting. For the first time, he actually made me laugh out loud at a technical book - then on the next line, poised a question that made me stop and think about programming in a completely different light. It's a truly refreshing experience and probably the only technical book I'd take to bed with me.

The style of the book is also completely unique. There are eight or so tutorials each covering an area of VB.NET/ASP.NET, split further into different parts. Each of these parts is about fifteen or so pages long and very easy to digest. There are points at which the author progressively "discovers" things with you, whether you're in front of a computer or not, which is just so refreshing. It reads as though Karl is sitting next to you and almost just "thinking out loud".

I don't know whether this technique is purposeful - but to be frank, I don't care. It works, it's a great style, and I will be buying copies of all Karl's future books.

A VB.NET career in a book? Definitely. Everything you need to know? Definitely. Mounds of hands-on info for just what you really need to know, no excess garbage. Plus, it's hillarious and thought provoking to top. Buy it.

By the way, the Amazon listing shows it as having 350 pages. That's wrong - it's actually 550.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Done!, July 14, 2002

By	R. Huber (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm not new to VB programming, but like many, the transition from VB6 to .NET was not only frustrating, but also downright intimidating. This book does an excellent job of dispelling so many fears of the new platform and beautifully sets developers on the proper path.

Every other programming book I've purchased, I inevitably find myself thinking, "Dear God... this is such long reading!" Not so in this case. My only disappointment is that it comes in only one volume. I find myself repeatedly picking it up in hopes of finding one more morsel I may have missed the first time around. Karl Moore's excitement about programming is contagious, his TIPS and HOW-TO's are fantastic, and throughout it all... he proves to us that writing sophisticated applications for the web, windows, or whatever you goal, is really not rocket science after all.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE VB.NET book to own, June 22, 2002

By	"jbelam1" (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews

I've tried, several times over the past ten years, to pick up a book or two and dive into programming. It always starts pretty well, the books do a fairly decent job of describing how to design the user interface. Then a few chapters later they invariably turn the writing over to someone else and it comes out looking like a dictionary. "Here's the IF-THEN-ELSE statement, an incredibly useful tool, go figure out how it works and you'll be a fine programmer."

Now, recently I decided to give it another try, don't have a clue why really, but I bought the package, installed it, found the books included with it to be utterly useless, bought the dummies book, found the first half fascinating, and then got dumped into that dark code world once again. With more determination than usual, I searched the web and ran across VBWorld.com and Karl Moore's tutorials there. Learned things about the user interface that the book hadn't even mentioned, and actually had a good time following along. Still, no help with the code though, and as I was walking through the book store one final time before saying goodbye to my latest fling with VB, I saw Karl Moore's name name on a book. Then I saw Tutorials on the same book. After what he had taught me in six simple tutorials on the web I grabbed it without even opening it first!

I couldn't be more happy, this book has me convinced now that I'm not too dense to learn this stuff, and I'm having fun following the lessons. Hopefully, if I get addicted enough to programming that I want to learn C++ or C#, I'll be able to find Karl has written a book on those as well.